Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-06-22
THE LOST DIAMOND.
An Incideat which Goes to Show That Cir
euuAstAntial Evidence May Mlslead.

An Incideat which Goes to Show That Or
eumstAntial Evidence May Mlslead.
u Asingular story comes from an uptown
hst going to prove the futility Of circum.
StAntial evidence, says the New York
| Times. well-known gentleman has his
apartments in a desirable locality. He
has means sufficient to crafty luxurious
tastes and jog along life's road comforta-
oily. His domestic habit is to partially
dress in the morning and open the win
COWS OF his sleeping-rooms for ventila-
ton, while he sips his mocha and reads
reads his paper in another apartment
Meanwhile the attendant comes and
makes up his dressing room for tho day
One in whom he had the greatest con H.
dence recently left his service to better
her condition. Her departure was SO
sudden that in the emergency the
vacancy was filed without or
binary consideration as to the ap-
pIcants qualifi cations or recommend
ationS Unfortunately her personal ap-
pearance was not calculated to impress
her employer favorably and he uncon-
sciously distrusted her from the day she
game. However, he discovered not hing
70 Justify his suspicious that she was un-
truthful or dishonest
The. other morning he received q most
violent shock, which for a brief period
threatened grief to the new cham bcrmaid.
Yhile the gentleman was indulg ing in his
7eaflv siesta,t the thought flashed across his
shrain that he had left q diamond collar
button lying on his dressing case, and the
.sinister-looking maid would DO tempted
to-Rpppprtste it If In peculative mood.
Just then he heard her enter the bedroom
TO do her mornings work His
hrst impulfc was to rush in and
snatch temptation from hcr view.
but on second thought he made I'D
bis mind to put her to the test. He said
to.himself: ''H the evil genius prompts
the girl to take the precious articles
which prizc as an heirloom, it will go
hard with her. Nobody else can steal it
but her If IT is missing, and there will be
notrouble recovering the property and
proving her guilt by circumStantial evil
dence." The maid seemed unusually
slow in making up the room. and the time
dragged heavily on her employers mind.
AL things have an ending, and in due
course the girl finished her work and went
out, signalling her departure by slam
ming the door. The gentleman waited a
few minutes lest she should return, and
then, concluding that she would not.
leoped to his feet and bolted for the bed
room.
PsS Was the diamond col lar button Comet
No. But the sight that met tho owners
gase brought him to a sudden halt. As he
reached the threshold frightened monkey
skipped nimbly OF the dressing-case W it b
the collar-button, and sprang to the win
dow-sIll evident ly the way by which the
grimacing little. thief had entered. He
gave one glance at the human occupant Of
the room, and disappeared down the side
ms nd NTH
the speed peculiar to his kind. The gem
tleman pursued as far rs he could go, and
called vainly to the monkey to come back
with the priceless button. The sparkling
diamond apparently had . fascination for
the four-legged thief, and, like . shrewd
robber, it caught his eye when he climbed
into the room, and he grabbed il without
looking for other treasures on the
premises